No need for progressives to even read this, it makes absolutely no sense to them. They can't see the forest for the trees.

This in a nutshell is what Obama is doing on a grand scale. Saul Alinsky used it to "organize" people, Obama used it to "organize" Chicago's South side. What the left won't admit is those people on Chicago's South side are no better than they were before they got "organized" but they all vote for Obama

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More and more, we are seeing citizens being invited to &#8220;participate&#8221; in various forms of meetings, councils, or boards to &#8220;help determine&#8221; public policy in one field or another. They are supposedly being included to get &#8221;input&#8221; from the public to help officials make final decisions on taxes, education, community growth or whatever the particular subject matter might be.

You, Mr. or Mrs. Citizen, decide to take part in one of these meetings.

Generally, you will find that there is already someone designated to lead or &#8220;facilitate&#8221; the meeting. Supposedly, the job of the facilitator is to be a neutral, non-directing helper to see that the meeting flows smoothly.

Actually, he or she is there for exactly the opposite reason: to see that the conclusions reached during the meeting are in accord with a plan already decided upon by those who called the meeting.

The process used to &#8220;facilitate&#8221; the meeting is called the Delphi Technique. This Delphi Technique was developed by the RAND Corporation for the U.S. Department of Defense back in the 1950s. It was originally intended for use as a psychological weapon during the cold war.

However, it was soon recognized that the steps of Delphi could be very valuable in manipulating ANY meeting toward a predetermined end.

How does the process take place? The techniques are well developed and well defined.

First, the person who will be leading the meeting, the facilitator or Change Agent must be a likable person with whom those participating in the meeting can agree or sympathize.

It is, therefore, the job of the facilitator to find a way to cause a split in the audience, to establish one or a few of the people as &#8220;bad guys&#8221; while the facilitator is perceived as the &#8220;good guy.&#8221;

Facilitators are trained to recognize potential opponents and how to make such people appear aggressive, foolish, extremist, etc. Once this is done, the facilitator establishes himself or herself as the &#8220;friend&#8221; of the rest of the audience.

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